SHIPPING.

Evening Star, Issue 12765, 19 March 1906, Page 6

SHIPPING.

HIGH WATER. TO-MOBBOW. Taiaroa Hoad : 10.49 Port Chalmers: 11.29,a.m. 5 12.0 pun. Dunedin : 12.0 a.m., 0.45 p.m. TELEGRAPHIC WEATHER REPORTS. The following weather reports waro received from New Zealand stations this ntcrning : Cape Maria Van Dienien.—Wind, E., light; bar., 30.21; ther., 65; blue sky, clouds; tide moderate, sea 'smooth. Auckland.—Wind, W., light; bar.j 30.23; ther., 66; bine sky; tide moderate Gisborne.—Wind, W.', light; bar.j 30.25; ther., 63; blue sky, clouda; tide poor, sea alight swell. Napier.—Calm; bar., 30.25; ther., 67; blue sky ; sea smooth. Wanganui.— Wind, N.E., light; bar., 30.26; ther., 55; blue sky; tide very low, bar smooth. J Wellington.—Wind, N., light; bar., c.0.25; ther., 59; blue sky, clouds. Nelson.—Calm,-bar., 30.25; ther., 64: clouds; tide moderate. Westport.—Wind/S.S.W., breeze; bar., 30.23 ; ther., 58; overcast; tide good, bar moderate. Beaky—Wind, N.W., light; bar., 3U.01; ther., 55; blue skv, clouds; riwer low. Lytteiton.—Cairn; bar.,' 30-30; tier., 62; blue sky; tide high. ' Christchurch.— Wind, N.E., light; bar., 30.45; ther., 60; blue skv, clouds. Timaru.—Wind, S.W.", breeze: bar., 30.27; ther., 58; gloomy; tide moderate, sea smooth. Oama.ru.—Calm: bar., 30.27; ther., 56; overcast; tide moderate, sea smooth. Port Chalmers.—Wind, S.W., breeze; bar., 30.20; ther., 58; overcast, passing showers : eea smooth. Dunedin.—Wind. S.W., fresh; bar., 30.18; ther., 55; blue sky, clouda; tide good. Clyde.—Calm; bar., 30.33; ther., 64; overcast; river low. Qneanstown.-—Calm; bar., 3024; ther., 53 : bin© sky, clouds. Balclutha.—Wind, S.W., fresh breeze; bar.. 30.17; ther., 55; blue sky, clouds; river falling. Nuggets.—Wind, W., fresh; bar.,30.28; ther., 59; clouds; tide good, eea smooth. Invercardl!.—Wind, S.W., fresh; bar., 30.43; ther., 60: blue skv, clouds _ Bluff.—Wind, S.W., fresh breeze; bar., 30.18; ther., 57; overcast; tide moderate, ARRIVED.—March 18. Zealandia, 6.5., 1,735 tons, Entwistle, from Sydney via Auckland. Passengers : Mesdames Scrivener, Reynolds, Davis, Eraser, Nelson, Freebainii Messrs Ryan, Moore, M'Millan, Freebairn, Bruce;' six storage. SAILED.—March 17. Waipori, s.s., 1,229 tons, Hutchings, for Westport. March 18. Corinna, 5.6., 812 tons, Holford, for ■ New Plymouth and Onehunga via way ports. Warrimoo, s.s., 2.076 tone, M'Beth. for Melbourne via the Bluff and Hobart. Passengers : For the Blnff—Mr Scott, Dr Todd. For Hobart—Mrs Hutton. For Melbourne—Misses Chandler, Smith, Cunningham, Mesdames Rawlins, Ainsworth, Messrs Herd, Chandler, Coleman, Hales. Rawlins, Ainsworth, Hern (2), M'Naught, and Dr Smith; eight steerage. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. ; —Coastal.— Poberua, from Greymouth, March 21. Taltme, from Auckland, March 22. —lntercolonial. Wimmera, from Melbourne, March 21. MoeraJd, from Sydnev via Cook Strait, March 24. Mokoia, from Sydney via Auckland, March 25. —Oversea, steam.— Perthshire, from New York, sailed December 31; arrived Auckland March 13; due April 7. Star of Scotland, from London, sailed December 31. Essex, from West of England ports, Bailed January 11; due at Auckland March 17. Ardgowan, from New York, sailed January 16. Mamari, from Liverpool, sailed January 24; arrived at Auckland March 10. Mimiro, from London, sailed January 28; due at Auckland March 31. Kumara, from London, sailed February 3; due at Auckland March 23. Star of New Zealand, from New York; arrived Melbourne March 15. Waimate, from London, sailed February 4; due March 25. Everton Grange, from New York, sailed February 10; due at Auckland April 20. Gothic, from Plymouth, sailed February 10; due at Wellington March 27. Dorset, from West of England ports, •ailed February 11; due at Auckland April 17. ' Jndrabarah, from West of England ports, sailed February 11. Delphic, from Livaroool, February 17; due at Auckland April 8. Indradevi, from London, sailed February 181; due at Auckland April 22. Rimutaka, from London, sailed February 24; due April 10. Maori, from London, sailed February 28; due April 18. Rnkaia, from London, sailed March 3; due at Auckland April 24. Queen Helena, from New York, to sail March 31. Wakanui, from London, to sail April 4; due May 24. —Oversea, sail.— Pharos, from Liverpool, sailed Novem ber 1; arrived Wellington February 27. Cassius, from Liverpool, sailed December 24. _ Caterina, from Marseilles, sailed January 22; due April. Dalcairnie, from Liverpool, sailed Feb ruary 23. Abyssinia, from Hnll. to sail early. Brunei, from Liverpool, to sail early PROJECTED DEPARTURES Zealandia, for Sydney via Auckland, March 20. Wimmera, for Sydney via Cook Strait, March 22. Poherua, for West Coast, March 22. Taluno, for Auckland via East Coast, March 23. Moeraki, for Melbourne, March 25. In port noon to-day:—At Dunedin : Zealandia (steam), Ddlpussund (sail). At Port Chalmers : Taj-awera, Moura, Ripple, Te Anau, Murihiku (steam). The Waipori, having been cleaned, painted, and overhauled, left Port Chalmers on Saturday afternoon for Westport. The Ruapehu, from the North, is expected to arrive at Port Chalmers on Wednesday to take in (cargo for London. The Zealandia arrived at Dunedin yesterday morning after a good passage, in which clear weather with a moderate sea was the experience throughout. She sails to-morrow for Sydney via Auckland and usual East .Coast ports. Mr James Basire, chief engineer of the Mararoa, .has been appointed chief engineer cf the company's turbine steamer Loongana, which is in the MelbourneLaunceston trade. He left by the Warrimoo yesterday, to take up his new duties. . Mr Basire commenced as fifth engineer of the Mararoa. • # The Auckland Harbor Board give' notice that, owing to the. reconstruction of the railway wharf, the two red lights on tho east end of the wharf have been removed to a position 250 ft to the westward and near the wharf front. A bright light will be shown, from sunset to sunrise, from the outer corners of.the new wharf as tho work is proceeded with. Charts affected : Admiralty Charts' Nos. 1,9*70 and 1,896;.' New Zealand Pilot,' chapter iL, p. 54; 'New Zealand Nautical Almanac,' p. 99.—' New Zealand Gazette.' With reference to notice to mariners No. 19 of 1906, issued bv the Marine Department on the 28th February, notice is given in the 'New Zealand Gazette' that the flashing light on Akaroa Head will be discontinued from and including the night of Tuesday the 27th March, for a period of fourteen days, during which a fixed white light will be shown. The flashnig light toU be reoJaoed and working: from and

including the night of Tuesday, the 10th April. Charts, etc, affected : Admiralty Chart No. 2,529; 'New Zealand Pilot,' seventh edition, 1901. chapter viii., page 282; ' New Zealand Nautical Almanac,' page 97. The Ripple, having been cleaned and painted, was floated out of the graving dock this afternoon. Union Company's big cargo boat, the Aparima, sails from Calcutta on April o for New Zealand via Singapore and Java. ilie Invercargfll is duo at Port Chalmers from Waikawa to-morrow morning, and comes up to Dunedin at mid-day with a cargo of timber, fibre, and cheese. She sails on Wednesday for Invercargill. The Storm arrives to-morrow morning, and leaves the same day for Oamaru, Tima.ru, Lytteiton, and Wanganui. The Ripple is .still at Port Chalmers. Alterations to her should be completed in about ton days' time, when she sails to Lytteiton, and thence to the Chatham Islands. The Squall is at Greymouih discharging a cargo of timber. the is due here about the 25th. Repairs to the Rose Casey are now completed, and stores arc being shipped. The vessel will be ready for sea by the end of the week, when she will again take up her running in the Southern trade. The Zealandia sails from Dunedin for Sydney' via. Auckland and intermediate East Coast ports at one o'clock to-morrow. The barque Pharos is expected any day. WRECK AT MALDEN ISLAND. AUCKLAND, March 18. The barque Alma was wrecked at Maiden Island on February 1. The vessel had arrived from Lytteiton, and had put out part of her ballast and took in about 150 tons of guano for Launceston. A gale came on from the north-west. The vessel dragged her anchors, ;tnd touched on the reef with her stem. The crew took to the boats and landed on the i. iind. The vessel shortly afterwards went down. The crew lost everything, and came to Auckland on Saturday in the barque Olive. A RECORD SHIPBUILDING YEAR. During 1905, exclusive of warships, 795 vesrefe, of 1,623,168 tons gross—namely 737 steamers of 1,604,796 tens and 58 sailers of 18,572 tans—were launched in the United Kingdom. The warship launched at both Government and private yards amounted to 28, of 129,801 tans damlacerrrent. The total output of the United Kingdom for the past year was, therefore, 823 vessels, of 1,752,969 tons. The output of mercantile tonnage in the United Kingdom during 1905 shows the great increase of 418,000 tons on that of 1904, and is the highest on record. Ine total output of the world (exclusive of warships) during 1905 was 2,514,922 teas.—' Lloyd's Register.' A STEAMER WRECKED. Press Association—By Telegraph— Copyright. SYDNEY, March 18. A cable has been received reporting that the British steamer Asinconrt, from° Port Kembla to Hongkong with a cargo of 5,700 tons of coal, struck on an uncharted rock and beeanio a total wreck. The captain has arrived at Yap, in the Caroline Group. No mention is made of the crew or the locality of the disaster. March 19. the presumption is that the Agincourt's crew are safe. THE S.S. ORTONA. Press AssocJaFion—By Telegraph—Copyright. ROME, March 17. The Orient liner Ortona did not receive pratique at Naples, owing to a plague patient being aboard, but the passenger; were allowed to land. THE ABERDEEN LINE ABSORBED. A rumor has been current in commercial and shipping circles to the effect that the "Aberdeen" line of steamers is to be absorbed by the White Star Line. What appears to be authentic information is now to hand by mail concerning the matter. 'Fairplay,' under date February 1, writes as follows : It seems to be generally supposed' that the Morgan Combine have acquired an interest in the well-known Aberdeen Line (George Thompson and Co., Limited), which runs from London and Plymouth to' South Africa and Australia, as Mr Harold Arthur Sanderson, Liverpool, and Mr Edward Fletcher, also of Liverpool, and of the White Star line (which is owned by the combine) and Mr Walter Henry Savill, of the Shaw, Savill and Albion Line, have been appointed directors, in addition to Mr George Thompson Henderson. Thompson and Co., Limited (the Aberdeen Line), was formed into a limited company, with a capital of £150,000 in 6 per cent, preference shares of £1 each, £50,000 in ordinary preference shares of £lO each, and £50,000 in management shares of £1 each. The preference 0 shareholders have no voting power, nor any right to attend the ordinary meetings of the company,, while the holders of the management shares from 1 to 20,000 are to appoint two directors, one of whom is to be the chair™fs• °* tfl e company; shares 20,001 to 33,340 are to appoint one director; and shares 33,341 to 50,000 are to appoint another; so that the holders of the management shares have the absolute control of the company's affairs. In addition to the capital of £250,000 referred to above, the company have power to issue £300,000 of 4i per cent, first mortgage debentures, of which £250,000 have been or are issued. Messrs Thompson are selling their vessels to the company on the following terms:— ° Agreed Value of Gross Built Shares Sold Tons. in in Each Vessel Aberdeen ... 3,684 1881 £9,687 Australasian 3,662 1884 10 000 Damascus 3,726 1887 9531 Nineveh .... 3.808 1894 15000 Moravian ... 4,573 1899 40'000 Salamis ... 4,508 1839 40000 Sophocles ... 4,673 1883 15'0004 Miltiades ... 6,793 1903 130'000 Marathon 6.795 1904 13o'oOO 42,222 £399,218 SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. ■AUCKLAND,'. March 18.—Manuka, from tho South.—Navua, from Westport. —Olive, barque, from Maiden Island.— Maman, for Wellington.— Haopiri, for bast Coast torts and Wellington WELLINGTON, March 17.—Monowai, for Sydney.—March 18 : Waikare, from Lvttelton. LYTTELTON,, March 18.-Ayrshirc, from Timaru. OAMARU, March 18.—Pafceha, from Timaru. , - SYDNEY, March IT.-MoerakL for Wellington. MELBOURNE, March 17.—Maheno from the Bluff. "' NEWCASTLE, . March 19._Waaruna, for New Zealand. (For continuation see Late Shipping).